Bookings opened on November 3 for Western Railway’s Utran–Lalkuan special train, ahead of two departures this month. Reservations for train 09129 are available through Passenger Reservation System counters and the IRCTC website, according to Financial Express and DeshGujarat.

Train 09129 is scheduled to leave Utran in Gujarat at 3 pm on November 5 and 12, reaching Lalkuan in Uttarakhand at 4:10 pm the following day. In the reverse direction, train 09130 will depart Lalkuan at 10 pm on November 6 and 13 and arrive at Utran at 10:15 pm the next day.

The four one-way journeys will use AC two-tier, AC three-tier, sleeper and general second-class coaches. DeshGujarat reported that special fares apply.

Twenty intermediate stops are listed, including Bharuch, Vadodara, Ratlam, Kota, Mathura and Bareilly Junction. The services were announced before the booking window opened; the fresh development is the start of reservations. Detailed timings and train composition can be checked through the official Indian Railways enquiry service.

Archive illustration: Bharuch railway station, an intermediate stop on the announced route, photographed on May 11, 2013. This does not show the November 2026 special train. Photo: Bharuch Railway Station Dutch Style....Dutch East India Co,, Trading Post by BOMBMAN, via Flickr, CC BY 2.0. Display may be resized or cropped; any adaptation remains under the linked licence.